World War Z Director Discusses Re-Shot Ending

Marc Forster has been talking about the hastily re-shot ending of World War Z, stating that he decided to go for a more low-key finale because of fears that viewers would be suffering from “battle fatigue.”

Speaking to Empire, Forster explained that the film’s final third was re-written as the movie was being shot, a huge concluding battle in Moscow replaced with something more intimate and understated in Wales.

“The reason I felt it wouldn’t work is that by that time [in the movie] you have a certain battle fatigue after Israel” he says, referring to one of the film’s most action-packed sequences. “After Israel and the plane crash, trying to trump that and make it even bigger wasn’t working in our favour.

“The problem with a lot of these big movies is you start production and the script isn’t finished; we had the same problem with Quantum [of Solace]. The third act wasn’t fully fleshed out, but we had to rush to meet the release date.”

Forster says he is much happier with the finale they went with. We however, were less convinced…

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Chris Tilly is the Entertainment Editor for IGN in the UK and hopes they get to make a World War Z sequel. He can be found waxing lyrical on both Twitter and MyIGN.